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2.12.2012

Sonya's Garden: The Esthetic of Charm & Whimsy

After climbing well over 423 stone steps in Batad, swimming in waterfalls and climbing through caves, we were surprisingly exhausted. To kick up our feet, we decided to get a villa in Sonya's Garden and pamper ourselves with massages, facials and amazing food.

The villa was breathtaking but after seeing my bed... I was surprised I went anywhere at all.

I wore a robe most of the time I was there. A choice between two silk robes were laid out for me before our arrival. I never wear robes but needless to say I made an exception as these robes were the most gorgeous I have ever seen...

And to make our stay even more magical that first night, I found on the side of the bed a book, "Romantic Tales of Arabian Nights". Theo read to me into the wee hours of the night and I fell asleep in my silk hand painted robe dreaming of far off Arabian love affairs.

Chandeliers hung everywhere, even in the surrounding gardens. As we left, I made myself a promise that I would find this fairytale place again someday.

Fashion is first an idea before it, shall we say "materializes" into clothing, yes?

I was so overwhelmed by the conceptual esthetic around me at Sonya's Garden that I just had to include it in my blog because the Tiny Closet is a concept as well, see.

Its an esthetic that I've created for myself to express my sense of fashion. And I love conceptual thinking because its so concentrated and streamlined and saturated! Its so extreme. So even though I don't wear florals or own a single doily or have chandeliers hanging in my garden, places like this one is what truly inspires my own concepts and in turn, my wardrobe.